Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14672, Oliver Edwards, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Edwards, Oliver Rachel
W. 14672
CONTENTS

2 Certs. 1838 5 rep. 43044
6501
Massachusetts
Rachel Edwards, widow of Oliver Edwards, who was a Private, in the Mass. Line,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Dec 1844 and sent to
E. Huntington Northampton Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2 Page 28
as June 17 1844

Rachel Edwards Declaration

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838. & the Acts in Addit n thereto
State of Massachusetts } ss. of Hampshire
On this fifth day of December personally appeared before the Hon Nathan Cook Judge of Probate of Wills for said County of Hampshire Rachel Edwards, a resident of Chesterfield in the county of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts Widow aged eighty six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838; & acts in Addit n thereto that she is the widow of Oliver Edwards, late of Chesterfield deceased who was a private or minute man in the company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Allen and went from Northampton to Cambridge about the twenty second day of April A.D. 1775 and soon after he arrived at Cambridge the said Oliver enlisted for the term of eight months and the said Oliver Edwards served in the company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Allen and Col. Fellows Regiment until sometime in the month of September next following his enlistment; and then volunteered with others under Col. Arnold in his expedition to Canada and served in the said expedition until the first of January 1776 when he was taken prisoner at Quebec and was confined in jail in Quebec for the term of nine months. Said Oliver endured great suffering while a prisoner there for want of food & clothing. Said Oliver returned from Quebec in October 1776 being discharged on parole as a prisoner of war. The above is according to the best knowledge, belief, & said Rachel -

The further declares that she was married to said Oliver on the fifteenth Day of January in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty three that her husband the aforesaid Oliver died on the fourteenth Day of April in the year 1829 - that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by the accompanying proof.
Rachel Edwards
Subscribed on the Day & year above written
Before
Jonathan Cooksey Judge of Probate
I hereby certify that Rachel Edwards the aforesaid applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend court. Jonathan Cooksey Judge of Probate
I Saml. F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Rachel Edwards for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 15 th day of January A.D. 1844 -
Saml. F. Lyman Reg. of Probate

"Oliver Edwards to Rachel Parsons Gany"
I Charles Wiley certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "seventeen hundred & eighty three Oliver Edwards to Rachel Parsons Gany. Fifteenth" — Charles Wiley.
I Charles Wiley
above named depose & say that I hold the office of Pastor in the First Congregational Society in Northampton & keep the records of the Church of said society That the above is a true extract from the records of said Church with the exception above named. as certified by me.
Charles Wiley
State of Massachusetts } January 15. 1844. Then Charles Wiley above Hampshire ss. } named a person of truth & veracity & Pastor as aforesaid to me well known personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me C. P. Huntington Justice of the Peace

In reply to your request of Sept. 4. , received Sept. 7 1910 for a statement of the military history of Oliver Edwards a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Mid. File 14672.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 19. 1775 Sept 9. 1775 minute man and Pvt. Jonathan Allen and Philip Hubbard Fellows Mass   When detached under Arnold   Captured Dec 31 1775 or Jan'y 1. 1776 and held pris. at Quebec 7 mos. - after which he was paroled & returned home in Oct. 1776.  
Battles engaged in, see above,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Northampton Hampshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Dec 5. 1843. Her claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 86 years
Remarks: Soldier married at Northampton, Mass. Jan. 15. 1783, Rachel Parsons.
He died Apr 14. 1829.

125 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.,
March 18th, 1902.
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me a copy of the statement of Oliver Edwards, Northampton, Mass., of his services and proof of service, in the Revolutionary War, filed with his original application for a pension.
Will you also kindly advise me if the records show that he or his wife ever received a pension on account of his services in the War of the Revolution.
I am a direct descendant of this man.
Yours truly,
Frank Edwards Turner.

Act.
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by A. Mue D. 10/9/10
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Oliver Edwards
Service Mass
Additional Service Rev.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
Wid. 7, 14, 672

May-13-1902 Mrs E. Fulton Watbury Conn
5-13-1902
Frank E. Warner Boston Mass
1910. Sept. 14. Hist. to Capt. Oliver Edwards. M.B.H
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14.642
Rachel Edwards
Widow of
Oliver Edwards
Rev Rev War
Act: Mar 3 rd 1843. June 11/44
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 206
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10380
Rachel Edwards Maw of Oliver Map Act 7 July 1838
Adm d 13mo 17 days private $45 22 per Ann
Adm d . Act 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844
$45 22 per Ann
act No 43 6778 act No 44 322
E. P. Huntington Northampton Map.

Supplementary
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov 6 1814
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Oliver Edwards, is borne upon a copy of the journal kept by Joseph Ware, of Capt Ward's Company, under Col Arnold, of Officers & Men killed, wounded & taken prisoners by the British at Tuckers, Dec 31. 1775, the last date of which is while in prison June 6. 1776; as a prisoner, in the Company of Capt Philip Hubbard.
alive 19. 1775 to June 1776 - 13 Nov 17
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston; Oct 16 1811.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Oliver Edwards of Northampton is borne upon the rolls of Capt Jonathan Allen. Col Follows. from April 19 1775 to Sept 9. 1775 when he was detached from said Company and sent to Quebec.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE BY THE WIDOW OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of my husband, Oliver Edwards in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Northampton in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Allen in
Regiment
and he served as follows, viz:—
marched from Northampton to Boston served under Capt. Allen untill he enlisted as a volunteer soldier under Col. Arnold March 8 th from Boston to Quebec through the woods from sufferings from fatigue and hunger all that human nature was able to endure - after arriving at Quebec was taken prisoner, confined in Goal Nine Months - at that time was released on parole of honor marched from Quebec to New York in the Autumn of 1776, after he returned to Northampton was exchanged as a prisoner of war
I am now 87 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this fifth day of October
A. D. 1844.
Signed by said Rachel Edwards in my presence, of Oliver Edwards
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Rachel Edwards

666. And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Foster; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Jan 1844 New Bedford Mass
Nov 14. 1844
Add to care
Rachel Edwards
Then 9
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Nov. 14. 1844
Add to case
Rachel Edwards
Hon J. L. Edwards Chairman of Pensions Washington D. C.

Northampton Mass Nov 9. 1844
Dear Sir
I send you the required proof in the case of Rachel Edwards application for a pension now before your Bureau —
Yours with respect
C. P. Huntington Agent for Rachel Edwards

10380 Jan 19.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.,
Aug 29 '44
Rachel Edwards may

Northampton Mass. Aug 20. 1844
Dear Sir
I sent about 9 months since, an application for a pension on behalf of Rachel Edwards, & have heard nothing from it - The length of time elapsed induces me to ask if it has miscarried, though I am aware of your request not to write about delays - yours with respect
C. P. Huntington
agent for Mrs E

Mr. Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., A Sept. 1910.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C., Gentlemen:-
I have the honor to request that you furnish me with a certificate showing the fact that Oliver Edwards was captured at Quebec and was held a prisoner for 9 months and that his wife, Rachael Parsons Edwards, was later pensioned as his widow. Said Oliver Edwards enlisted in Mass. Apr. 19, 1775, in Capt. Allens Co. of Col. Fellows regt. Date of application for pension by widow, Dec. 5, 1843.
Very respectfully, Oliver Edwards, Capt. 5 Infy.

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Dear Sir:
Will you kindly note the enclosed letter from J. E. Warner and return same to me - his letter shows a request that I should sign the application and it has taken some time to obtain the facts for filling in the blank.
I have understood that Oliver Edwards was imprisoned by the British at Quebec and suffered great hardship and the descendents have surmised that there might be some record in connection with the granting of pension that might be of historical value -
I am a direct descendents, Oliver Edwards being my mothers grandfather. I am not sure whether he returned to Northampton or to Chesterfield but it must have been one or the other.
If there is a fee to remit please advise me - and I trust you can let me have the complete record.
Very respectfully Wm Edwards Fulton

10380
Rachel Edwards Map
Set to E.P. Huntington Aug 29 '4
Act 7 July 1838

8933.
Massachusetts
Rachel Edwards widow of Oliver Edwards , who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 14. Ap. 1829 of Hampshire in the State of Mass a who was a Pri st in the Co mpy commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by _____ in the Mass a line for 13 mo 17 ds
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 45 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Dec r 46 and sent to EP Huntington, Northampton. Mass a
Total amount, $ _____
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Swann Clerk Book _____ Vol. 1 Page 57

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Charles P. Huntington Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificates on the papers hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Charles P. Huntington and believe his signature to said certificates is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this fifteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
Samuel Wells Clerk.

I Josiah Parsons of Northampton Massachusetts County of Hampshire of lawful age do testify depose & say that I was acquainted with Oliver Edw & Rachel Parsons both of said North & was present at their intermar- January fifteenth seventeen hund- & eighty three. Said Oliver belonged originally to Northampton, and after he left the service settled in Chesterfield in said County. They were married at the house where I now am & where I have always lived - January 15. 1844. Josiah Parsons
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss.
Then personally appeared Josiah Parsons above named to well known to be a person of truth & veracity & made oath to the truth foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me
C. P. Huntington
Justice of the Peace

I Capt Luther Pomeroy of Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being eighty six years of age and a Revolutionary Pensioner do testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Capt Oliver Edwards late of said Chesterfield deceased and that I am well acquainted with his widow Rachel Edwards and knew them for a great number of years as living together as reputed to be man and wife and I do further testify that the said Oliver Edwards left Northampton about the twenty second of April A D 1775. as minute man in the Company commanded by Capt Jonathan Allen myself belonging to the same Company, and we went from Northampton to Cambridge and soon after we arrived at Cambridge the said Oliver and myself enlisted for the term of eight months, and that the said Oliver Edwards served in the Company commanded by Capt Jonathan Allen and Col Fellows Regiment until sometime in the month of September next following his enlistment; and then volunteered with others under Col Arnold in his expedition to Canada and I have no further personal acquaintance with said Oliver Edwards until sometime in the month of October in the year 1776. I met the said Oliver in state of New York somewhere between Kingsbridge and White Plains where I was then stationed and the said Oliver informed me that he was taken prisoner at Dubek on the first of January 1776 and had been confined in jail in Dubek for the term of nine months there enduring extreme suffering for the want of food & clothing, and that he was now on his return home on parole as a prisoner of war.
In testimony of the above I have hereunto subscribed my name the fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three In presence of Bela D. Clapp
See Witness

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Belue P. Bliss Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Belue P. Bliss and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this Sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four.
S. Samuel Wells
Clerk.

Hampshire Is: November 14, 1848
Then the within named Luther Pomeroy personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true before me
Bela D. Clapp, Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I am acquainted with the within named Luther Pomeroy and that he sustains a good character in our community and is a person of truth and veracity
Bela D. Clapp, Justice of the Peace

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Mr Luther Edwards Chesterfield Hampshire County Massachusetts

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Rachel Edwards
name of Oliver
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Rachel Edmunds
G.P. Huntington agent
Northampton
Mass.

State of New York
Onondaga County ss: Paul Clapp of the Town of Pompey County of Onondaga and State of New York being duly Sworn deposes and Says that he this deponent will be Eighty years of age on the twenty fourth day of June next. That he was intimately acquainted with Oliver Ed- wards formerly of the Town of Northampton County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts. That said Oliver Ed- wards was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War and served as such during the United States "Eight Months Ser- vice" (So Called) under Captain Allen & Captain Hub- bard, that Colonel Fellows had Command of the Regi- ment, that this deponent was in Company with said Oliver Edward at the time of his Enlistment under Captain Allen, and was knowing to the fact, that said Oliver Edward enlisted on the first day of May 1775 That on the last day of December after (the day on which the said Eight Months Service Expired) the said Oliver Edward was taken prisoner by the British and remained a prisoner of War at Que- bec in Canada about nine months and returned to Northampton aforesaid in the Month of Sep- tember or October 1776. And this deponent further Says that during the said "Eight Months Service" and the time the said Oliver Edward was a prison- er of War at Quebec, he was with him, and that said Oliver Edward enlisted into the United States "Eight Months Service" under Captain Allen or above stated and continued in said Service until he was taken prisoner or above stated on the last day of Decem- ber 1775. and returned to Northampton in Septem- ber or October 1776. }
Paul Clapp
Subscribed and Sworn before me this 3. day of January 1844. -
Amasa H. Brown - Judge of Onondaga County Courts. }

Pompey January 6 th 1844
Dear Sir
I received your letter dated Dec r 6 th on the 29 th of the same month. it having lain in the P.O. at Pompey Hill, where I seldom call for letters. If you should wish to make further inquiry by letter Please direct to Manlius Onond Co N Y
Since receiving your letter I have been employed in obtaining the testimony accompanying this. My Father's health is such that I was obliged to request Judge Jerome at Manlius, to call at my house and transact the business there. I made a journey to Syracuse and obtained the certificate myself
Respectfully Yours
John Clapp

I Amasa H Jerome Judge of Onondaga County Courts do hereby Certify that I am and have been for a long time personally acquainted with Paul Clapp of Pompey County of Onondaga and State of New York, the person who subscribes his name to the within affidavit, And that his Character and reputation for truth honesty and integrity is above suspicion Jan. 2. 1844 -
Amasa H Jerome Judge of Onondaga County Courts -
State of New York Onondaga County } ss: Clerk's Office
I certify that the Hon: Amasa H Jerome whose name is sub- scribed to the foregoing deposition and Certificate was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the County aforesaid Commissioned and sworn, that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and do hereby believe that his signatures aforesaid are genuine. Given under my hand and the seal of said County at Syracuse this 5 th day of Jan- uary 1844.
Samuel Miller, Dep Clerk (clerk absent)